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Module1
HughStanford
Studentnumber:583128
VirtualEnvironmentsSemester1Group8
IntroducBon
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Asanaturalphenomenonprogressesthroughnature,itproducesahighlyvariedform.Thisformproducesmanyvisibleandnon‐visibleshapes.Theseshapesaremirroredthroughoutnature,whetheritbebetweenspecies,ororganismsandtheirphysicalenvironment.
Likewise,mymodule1designhasgonethroughavariedprogression.StarBngasacomparisonbetweenadeer’santlersandthepaMernatreebranchmakesasitgrows.thedesignprocessmadeajourneythroughtheformsofourbotanicalcounterparttofinishasacomparisonofvariedlocomoBonbetweenhumansandaprimaterelaBve,theGibbon.
ThispresentaBonwillproceedthroughmy3naturalprocesses,focusingonmyfinalproposal.ItwillcommentontheissuesandvictoriesIhadthroughoutthedesignprocessaswellastheinspiraBonIdrewfrompreviousarchitecturalandarBsBcwork.
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Proposal1:NaturalProcess
IniBallythenaturalphenomenonItookinterestinweretheantlersofadeer.Iwasintriguedbytheideaofamainbranchsubsequentlybeingdividedintosmallerbranches,alltheBmemaintainingitsdirecBon.
ThisnoBonwasfurthersupportedbytheshapeofatreebranch,whereabifurcaBonoccurredatintervals,notalteringthemaintrajectoryofthelimb.
InanaMempttoincreasethevarietyofexamplesofthisnaturalphenomenon,IstumbleduponthenoBonofthemassshapeofariversystem.Unliketheantlerortreebranch,theseparaBonofalimbisnotapermanentfixtureintheanatomyofariver.InsteadofamainchanneldictaBngtheflow,thecombineddivergenceandconvergenceofsubdivisionsdirectedtheriveralongit’smainroute.
Liketheriversystem,thevascularanatomyofthearmpossesstheoverallfuncBontotransportfluidandindoingsodeliverandremovelifegivingsubstancestoandfromthecellsororganismsrelyingonit.Ittherefore,unsurprisinglyhasasimilarbranchingsystemastheformenBonedriver.
ThegroupofsketchesdisplaysthesimilariBesinformbetween4naturalphenomenon’spresented.TothetopleWofthesketchesthereisthecoredesignofmyfirstproposedidea.AmainbranchwithidenBcalcurvature,arrangeininverse,mirroredsymmetry.
Proposal1:Modelidea
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IniBallanterndesign
Revisedmodeldesignincludingre‐convergingbranch
MyFirstProposalcontainedelementsofall4previouslymenBonednaturalphenomenon's.Themainbranchhas2inverselymirroredcurvesthatcontainthesamecurvature.ThiswasdonetoproduceacoremathemaBcsymmetry,fromwhichunsymmetricalbranchescoulddiverge.Thismainbranch,withit’sopencircuitsubdivisionswasinspiredbytheformofthetreebranchorthedeerantlers.TheanteriorofthemodelalsopossesaclosedcircuitchaininiBalisingwithabifurcaBonofbranchesonoppositesidesofthemainstem.Thiswasinspiredbytheclosedcircuitnatureofthevascularandriversystems.
TheiniBaldesigndidnotcontainthesubsequentre‐convergingbranch.
However,similartotherevisedmodel,ImadeanaMemptnottohaveallthebifurcaBonsmove
inanupwarddirecBon.Ifeltthiswouldmakethemodelhavetoomuchofatree‐like
appearance.Instead,byhavingsomeofthesecondarydivisionsmoveinadownward
trajectory,IstroveawayfromaliteralrepresentaBonofatree.
Proposal2:NaturalProcess
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Formysecondnaturalprocess,IstroveawayfromtheoriginalnaturalphenomenonsanddrewsolelyfromthegrowthofatreeforinspiraBon.AWerhavingtheimpossibilityofproducingmyfirstdesignbroughttomyaMenBon,IhadtorealizeanotherwayofrepresenBngthedivisionoftreebrancheswithoutthemseparaBngfromthemodel.IstartedtothinkaboutthepaMerninwhichbranchesbifurcatedfromeachother,specificallywhytheyseparatedwhentheydid.UponinvesBgaBonof10treesinvaryinglocaBons,Ifoundthatapproximatelyat27%oftheverBcalheightofthetree,theiniBalbifurcaBonoccurred.ThispaMernwasalsooccurringonindividualbranchesofthetrees.
ThesearetheoriginalsketchesIusedtodiscoverthecorestructureofthetreeIwasmodelingoff(Tree3).TheydisplayasimilarmethodusedbyJamesChin
KahGohinhisassignment,semester2,2011.Goh(2011)tracksthebranchesofacrystalbacktoacentraldistribuBonpoint.Addingontothistechnique,I
visiblymarkedthemajorpointsofthetree.Themajorpointsbeingthedivisions,whetherthebranchremainedaMachedtothetree,orifithadfallen
offleavingbehindastump.
Tree3:showingheightofthetree,separatedintothirds.
Tree1:showingheightofthetree,separatedintothirds.
Tree1:showingheightofthetree,separatedintothirds.
Proposal2:Modelidea
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OnceIhadsketchedthecorestructureofthetree,theissuefromproposiBon1,regardingtheimpossibilityofhavingdivergingstemsonamodel,wassBllunresolved.ThesoluBonIdecideduponwastocoverthegapsbetweenthebranches,aimingtocreatetheillusionofdrapingclothoverthestructurewhilstsBllmaintainingtheunderlyingshape.BydoingthisIhopedthemainpointshighlightedwouldbetheonlythingextrudingfromtheinterior.
UnfortunatelyIwasunabletoproducethedrapingeffect.Insteadthemodelresembledmoreofaspikeddome.AnalternaBveideathatIcouldhavedevelopedwastojointhehighlightedpoints,thuscreaBngtheoutlineoftheoriginalbranch.HoweverIfeltthiswastooliteralrepresentaBonofmynaturalprocess.ThereforeIdecidedtocutmylosesandprogresstoanewdesignenBrely.
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Proposal3:NaturalProcess
AnneBaker’ssemester1,2011assignmentplayswithBmelapseimagesoftheflightpathofabird.ThetranslaBonofkinemaBcsintoasculpturaldesigninterestedmesignificantly.
Baker(2011)“FlightpathofBirds”
ThemechanicalmovementofamonkeysprimarylocomoBvelimbthroughoutbrachiaBonhas3phases.
1.Hanging2.Swinging3.Gripping
Bycombiningthesephases,theadjacentpaMernisformed,thisisagraphicrepresentaBonofthekinemaBcsofaGibbon’sarmduringlocomoBon.
Duetopreviousdesignsofminefollowingabotanicalpathway,myiniBalthoughtwhen
aMempBngtoapplytheideasofmoBonfromBaker(2011),wastouseananimalthatrequiredtreesformovement.BecauseaGibbonistheonlyapethatusesbrachiaBonasit’sprimaryformoftransport(Ninjameys2011),Itwasanobvious
selecBonforcomparisonbetweenbrachiaBonandbi‐pedallocomoBon.
IcametotheconclusionthatasculpturepurelyaboutthekinemaBcsofaGibbondidn’tallowformuchpotenBalwhenmodelingastructure.IdecidedthatmakingacomparisonbetweenthewalkingmoBonofahuman,andthebrachiaBonofanapewouldbeaninteresBngstudyonhowdifferentpathsofevoluBonarriveatsimilarefficientconclusions.
ThissketchedgraphcomparehumanandGibbonlocomoBon.Theyare
inverseofeachother,howeversimilariBescansBllbemadebetween
thepeaksandtroughs.
SketchofasimplifieddiagramofthelimbmovementofaGibbonthroughbrachiaBon
Proposal3:Modelidea1
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WhentranslaBngthenaturalprocessofproposal3intoaphysicalshape,oneideatookprecedenceoverallothers;Iwantedtoshowthedifferentgraphsonseparateplainsofview.ThisseparaBonaccentuatestheideaofseparaBonbetweenspecies.
FrontalviewdisplaysthekinemaBcgraphofbrachiaBon
Topviewdisplayshumanhipmovement.
Duringthisstage,IhadsBllnotdecidedtousehumanfootmoBontocomparewiththehandmoBonofaGibbon.Instead,IwascomparingthehipmovementofahumanwiththearmmoBonofaGibbon;acomparisonIlaterrealizedtobehighlyirrelevant.
AnotherissueIhadwiththisdesignwasthatthetwodiagrammaBcsidesdidn’tcorrelatewitheachotherregardingtheirposiBonintheirindividualmovementcycles.IdecidedthatifIweretomakeacomparisonbetweenthe2diagrams,Iwouldneedthemtoalign.
Proposal3:Modelidea2
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Thesecondmodelinproposalthreefocusedsignificantlymoreonthedirectcomparisonbetweenthetwodiagrams.Fromafrontalviewyoucouldseethe2kinemaBcrepresentaBonperfectlyaligned.KeychangesImadeinthismodelwastoreducethelengthofthebrachiaBonborderofthemodel.Bycumngitshort,itmoreaccuratelyrepresentedasinglearmcycleforagibboninmoBon.However,thismodelfailedtointroducethepriorideaofdifferentplanesofviewfordifferentdiagrams.Furthermore,theviewfromanyangleasidefromthefrontdisplayedthemodelasanunevenandrelaBvelyrandomassortmentofmaterial.
Proposal3:FinalDesign
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MyfinaldesignisafarsimplerrepresentaBonofthekinemaBcsketches.ItookinspiraBonfrommyoriginalproposalbyusing2mainbranchesonwhichtobasemyenBrelantern.
Atruehighlightofthismodelisitsmassing.Wherefromoneanglethedesigndoesn’tshowitself(theboMomrightimageforexample),fromanotheritishighlyvisible.Italsopresentsit’smainideaondifferentplanes,andtheviewerneedstolookatitfrommanyanglestounderstandit’soverallmeaning.
Though2/3rdofmymodelworkonahorizontalplane,theother1/3rdworksonbothahorizontalandverBcal.BycasBngalightfromthefrontofthemodelashadowoftheverBcalcomponentiscastalongsidethemainhorizontalbranch.Thisshadowdisplaysadirectcomparisonbetweenthe2limbs,withregardtospaBalandthustemporalalignment.
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DuringtheconstrucBonofmyfinalmodel,anissuearoseregardingtheconnecBonofthetwomajorlimbsofthemodel.OriginallyIaMemptedtomanipulatethehorizontalarmtoconnecttotheendoftheverBcalarm.However,toproduceaconformingfit,theshapeofthehorizontalarmwouldrequirewarping.ThiswouldaltertheaccuracyofthekinemaBcrepresentaBons,contradicttheenBreideabehindthedesign,thereforeitwasnotasuitablesoluBon.Icametotheconclusionthata3rdjoiningpartwasrequired.ThisjoiningparthadtosymbolicallyandpracBcallyjointhe2kinemaBcdiagramsthathadnowbeentranslatedintothe2arms.ThedesignsoluBonIcameupwithwastouseelementsfromthetwospeciesIwascomparing.TheprimarycontactpointinlocomoBonforboththeGibbonandtheHumanarethehandandfoot,respecBvely.ThemostanatomicallynoBceablepartinboththesefeaturesare,theMetacarpalofthethumbforaGibbon,andtheMetatarsalofthebigtoeforaHuman.BycomparingtheanatomicalstructureofarelaBvebodypart,Iworkedtomakemycomparisonhaveafurtherdepthtoit.
Exampleofthetwolimbsbeingjoinedtogether
SketchofMetatarsal(leW)andMetacarpal(right)
DesignPrecedence:Structure
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QV1,Perth
ShoalFlyBySculpture.Docklands
ShoalFlyBy,designedbyCatMcleodandMichaelBellemo,isapartofmyriadofsculpturesalongtheDocklandsforeshoreinMelbourne.McleodandBellemowereinspiredby“flyingshoalsoffish…ripplingthewater”(VicUrban2010).Byseeingthesedesignersinterpretthemovementofananimalthroughit’snaturalhabitat,IwasabletodrawinspiraBonformyfinaldesign.
Originaldesigncenteredaroundacurvedsheetoffabric.
QV.1tower,designedbyHarrySeidler,isawellknownfeatureinthePerthskyline,howeveritistheentranceofthebuilding
thatinspiredmethemost.Theflowingsheetofglassandmetal
hungabovetheentranceofthetowerwasoriginallyinspiredbyafamousseenfeaturingMarilynMonroeandasubwayairvent.ThoughmymaininspiraBonwas
ofnosimilaritytothatofSeidler,theideaofalargesheetofMaterial,withan
undulaBngcurve,wasasignificantinspiraBonformyfirsttwodesignsof
proposal3
Specifically,thewaytheycombinedamixtureofcurveswiththecylindricalpipingused.Thisaidedmythoughtprocess,movingmeawayfromtheprecedingnoBonofacurvedsheetoffabric,andtowardsthemorecylindricallyinspireddesignIendedwith.
DesignPrecedence:Paneling
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TheSupremeCourtofNewZealand,fillsit’sdomeshapedroomwithanintricateandstunningdisplayofpaneling.Thewoodenmaterialusedfirstdrewmetothisspace.ThiscombinedwiththesomewhatleafytextureofthediamondpaMernproducesanillusionofbeinginabotanicenclosure.DuetomydesignprocessbeingoriginallybasedaroundtheaestheBcsofatree,itisobviouswhyIwasaMractedtothispanelingoriginally.
TheproposeddesignfortheHarbinTaipingInternaBonalAirport,developedbyHassell,uses
trianglesinadifferentwaytothatoftheSupremeCourt.ThemaininspiraBonItookfromthisbuilding
wastoincorporateafarmoretriangularpaMern(opposedtothediamondpaMernofthesupreme
court)forthepanelingofmylantern.
TheAlibabaHeadquartersinHangzhou,china,isanotherHasseldesignthatinspiredmychoiceofpaneling.ThevariedpolygonalpaMernonthisbuildingsfaçadeappearstobeformedbyfillingintheedgesofeachindividualtrianglethusalteringitsshape.ThisstartedmethinkingonhowIcouldalteraconvenBonalshapetoappeardifferent.
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PanelingConcepts
MyoriginalpanelingconceptoriginatedfromtheNewZealandSupremeCourt.OninterpreBngthisstructureIbrokemypanelinginto3units.
1. Raisedoverlappingdiamonds2. Halfdiamonds,resulBnginatriangulargapinthesurfaceof
themodel.3. Flatdiamonds
The3unitscouldbeusedinseveralways.FirstlyIthoughtaboutusingtheflatandraisedunitsatdifferentpartsofthemodel,withthe2ndunitintermiMentlybetweenboth.IfeltthisideasegregatedthestructuretoapointIwasnothappywith,thereforeIdidnotuseit.
MysecondconceptwastoformapaMern,usingthe3units,andreplicatethisacrossthemodel.ThisideaissBllbeingconsideredformydesign.
Theemptytriangularunitoriginatedfrommyfirstproposal.IwasinvesBgaBngtheformofvelvetdeerantlers.MyaMempttotranslatetheideaoffluffonthesurfaceofantlersledmetothenoBonofhavingmanysmallholesalongtheoutsidesurfaceofthestructure;thiswouldproducetheeffectofhairsoflightradiaBngfromthelanternssurface.
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Currentpreferredpanelingdesign.
ExampleofpotenBalpanelingappearance
TheAlibabaHeadquartersinHangzhou(BothebyHassell),influencedmythoughtprocesstowardsalteringdifferentshapestoproducedifferentpaMerns.
Istartedbytryingtofillahexagonwithgraduallydecreasingsubdivisions.IfoundthiscreatedaversionofaFibonaccispiral,
however,duetolargespacesremainedunfilled,IconcludedthatthiswasanunrealisBcwaytopanelmylantern.
Mysecondideawastosubdivideasquareinthesamemannerasthehexagon.Though
thisproducedaninteresBngpaMern,duetopotenBalrestricBonswhenpumngthefinal
lanterntogether,aswellasinspiraBondrawnfromTheproposed
designfortheHarbinTaipingInternaBonalAirport,Idecidedatrianglewouldbea
morerealisBcshapetoalternate.
ThemethodIusedtocreatethispaMernformypanelinginvolvedfindingasuitablemid‐pointononefaceofashape,thendrawingalinetotheadjacentcorner;thisprocesswasrepeatedonceortwicedependingontheshape.Inthecaseofatriangle,alineacrossthetopneedstobeiniBallydrawn,otherwisetheprocessdoesnotworkasdesired.
Thismethodofsubdividingshapesalwaysresultedinatleastone4sidedpolygonandtheremainingshapesbeingtriangles.ThereforeIsuccessfullyfoundawaytofulfillmyaimofalteringanoriginalshapetoproduceaseriesofvariedpaMerns.
ReflecBon
InreflecBon,Ifoundthehardestpartofthisassignmentwascommimngtoaspecificdesign.Thoughthereisalinkbetweenalldesigns,IwastoocontenttogiveupandrestartifIwasnot100%pleasedwithmystructure.AboveallthisresultedinBmemanagementissues.Alsobyswappingconstantlybetweendesigns,IwasunabletospendasmuchBmeasdesiredonmyfinalproposal.Thatsaid,therangeofnaturalprocessthatinvesBgated,allworkedtowardsmyfinaldesignposiBvely.ThiscreatedamoreholisBcinterpretaBonofmyfinalprocessthanwouldotherwisebepossible.
IfIweretostartagainfromweek1,themainchangeinmyprocesswouldbetospendtwicetheamountofBmeplanningmydesigns.ByjumpingstraitintoconstrucBonofmymodels,IendedupwastedBmeonirrelevantpoints.
WhatIaccomplishedwellwasdrawingonareserveofpreviousknowledgetoproduceanaestheBcallypleasingdesign,whichstayedtruetoit’soriginalpurpose.Also,byconstantlyediBngmy3rdproposal,IwasabletoavoidaliteralrepresentaBonofmynaturalprocess.TheuseofmassingandshadowingonmyfinalmodelIfeelwerehighlightsoftheenBredesignprocess.